In the Bohra community, khatna is equivalent to Type I or Type IV FGM as classified by the World Health Organization. The actual practice, as described in Daim ul Islam, is the removal of the prepuce tissue off the clitoris.

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These articles, written in December 2015, highlight the experiences of Bohra khatna survivors. They were among the first to help break the silence about this secretive cultural practice in the Indian media after Bohras came into the spotlight following the guilty verdict of 3 people in Sydney, Australia that same… Read more ›

Masooma Ranalvi still recalls the day, at age 7, when she was taken to dirty apartment in Bhindi Bazaar in Mumbai with the promise of ice cream. The horror of that day remained with her as a shameful secret until, in college, she was able to put a name to her experience: female genital mutilation.